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From 2011.igem.org

Fixation Results

Aims

-To find a suitable material for encapsulation

-To build a construct that will appropriately express this material within a biofilm

-To transform this construct into the chassis and express it

-To characterise the expression and its effects towards fixation and encapsulation of the biofilm

Methods

We found our encapsulating material in Capsular Colanic Acid (Chao & Zhang, 2011). For simplicity it was decided to use an existing colanic acid biobrick, from the Imperial College iGEM 2009 Team.